Spellings

Isabella or Izabella?

In the US in 2025, 91% of babies in this name family were spelled Isabella and 5% Izabella. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Isabella already led in 2015, with 89% of the family's births; it has 91% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 17,658 to 11,749 births (−33%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Isabella15,66710,666−32%
Izabella1,419532−63%
Isabela370426+15%
Ysabella6545−31%
Issabella6943−38%
Izabela6837−46%

How they sound

  • Isabella /ɪzəˈbelə/ (iz-uh-BEL-uh)
  • Izabella /ˌɪzəˈbɛlə/ (iz-uh-BEL-uh)
  • Isabela /ˌɪzəˈbɛlə/ (iz-uh-BEL-uh)
  • Ysabella /isəˈbɛlə/ (ee-sa-BEL-a)
  • Issabella /ˌɪsəˈbɛlə/ (is-uh-BEL-uh)
  • Izabela /ˌɪzəˈbɛlə/ (iz-uh-BEL-uh)

In France

In France in 2025: Isabella 65 births (#632 among girls), Izabella 5 births, Isabela 10 births and Izabela 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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